A Level Psychology Paper 1 Key Studies

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A Level Psychology Paper 1 Key Studies Christianson & Hubinette Studied real life bank robberies and, contrary to the Weapon Focus Effect, found that the best recall was from witnesses who experience ... d the threat close up Kohnken Compared cognitive and standard interview. Cognitive was better (though it also led to more incorrect information being reported). Meltzoff & Moore Infants as young as two weeks old were able to imitate specific facial and hand gestures by a caregiver model Brazelton et al Still face experiment Schaffer & Emerson Carried out a study on families in Glasgow and from their observations they developed a 4-stage model of attachment formation, such as indiscriminate and discriminate attachments Grossman Longitudinal study of infants with caregivers. Fathers role is based on play. Harlow Found that monkeys provided with two surrogate mothers (one made of wire that provided food and one covered in a cloth) were more attached to the one that gave comfort rather than food Lorenz Demonstrated 'imprinting' by being the first thing that baby geese saw. They treated him as a caregiver and followed him around until adulthood Bowlby Tested his Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis by studying juvenile thieves. Found a significantly high proportion of them had been maternally deprived in early life. Ainsworth Created the Strange Situation Method, from which she categorized three attachment types (secure, insecure-avoidant and insecure-resistant) Van Ijzendoorn & Kroonenberg [Show More]

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